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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are pleased to announce the dates and the Call for Papers for the </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height:normal">2020 Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference (LPP2020)</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dates
& Location</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LPP2020
will take place </span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>August 20-22, 2020</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
at </span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>McGill University</b></span><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">’s
Faculty of Education, in Montréal, QC, Canada</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Invited Speakers</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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are thrilled to welcome </span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">three keynote
speakers:</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height:normal">Nancy H. Hornberger</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
(University of Pennsylvania)</span></p>
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Samy Alim</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (University of California, Los Angeles)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height:normal">Patricia
Lamarre</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Université de Montréal) </span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Call for Papers</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please
visit the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong><a href="https://lpp2020.weebly.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">conference website</span></a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
for complete information about the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong><a href="https://lpp2020.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Call for Papers</span></a></strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.
This year, LPP2020 will be introducing the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="line-height:normal"><b style="line-height:normal">Plurilingual Experience</b></em></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:
we will accept submissions of abstracts written in English or French (Canada's official languages) but papers can be delivered in any language.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We welcome
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height:normal">papers, discussion sessions, colloquia</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
and </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height:normal">poster presentations</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
on a wide variety of topics related to language policy scholarship; see the Call for Papers webpage for complete information.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Additionally,
we plan to propose an edited volume in the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="line-height:normal">Journal of Belonging, Identity, Language and Diversity -
</strong></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><strong><a href="http://bild-lida.ca/journal/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J-BILD</span></a></strong></span><span style="font-size:12pt; line-height:normal; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong style="line-height:normal">
</strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that compiles high quality papers from LPP2020 conference presenting critical perspectives on the future of the field.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please forward this email to colleagues, students, and practitioners you think would be interested in attending
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We look forward to seeing you in Montréal next August!
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mela Sarkar & Angelica Galante</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (McGill University, Conference
Co-Chairs) </span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="http://bild-lida.ca/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BILD Research Group</b></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
(Co-organizer)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"></span><br>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Multidisciplinary Approaches in Language Policy and Planning Conference
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<strong><a href="https://lpp2020.weebly.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://lpp2020.weebly.com/</span></a></strong></p>
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